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Al(s)+H2SO4(aq)-->Al2(SO4)3(aq)+H2(g) Part A. How

many moles of H2SO4 are required to completely...

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Al(s) + H2 SO4 (aq) → Al2 (SO4 )3 (aq) + H2 (g)

Part A. How many moles of H2 SO4 are required to completely react with 9.0 mol of Al?

Part B. How many mols are H2 are formed by the complete reaction of 0.376 mol of Al?

Balanced Chemical Equations:

A balanced chemical equation reflects the chemical reaction and would be a great expression to base our computations on. The
coefficients of the substances in this type of expression would allow us to represent the relationship between the number of
moles, which we can use to find the parameters we are looking for.

 Answer and Explanation:

We find the number of moles that would react with the corresponding amount of substance. We do this by first balancing the
given chemical equation by adjusting the coefficients until all of the elements have equal number of atoms on each side of the
equation.
 Al(s) + H2 SO4 (aq) → Al2 (SO4 )3 (aq) + H2 (g)

Balance SO4 :

Al(s) + 3H2 SO4 (aq) → Al2 (SO4 )3 (aq) + H2 (g)

Balance H :

Al(s) + 3H2 SO4 (aq) → Al2 (SO4 )3 (aq) + 3H2 (g)

Balance Al :

2Al(s) + 3H2 SO4 (aq) → Al2 (SO4 )3 (aq) + 3H2 (g)

Now, we would be first relating the number of moles of the involved substances and then plug in the given values. We proceed
with the solution.
We know that 2nH = 3nAl(s) .
2 SO4 (aq)

We are given that nAl = 9.0 mol.

2nH = 3nAl(s)
2 SO4 (aq)

3
nH = nAl(s)
2 SO4 (aq)
2

3
= (9.0 mol)
2

= 13.5 mol

We know that 2nH = 3nAl(s) .

2 (g)

We are given that nAl = 0.376 mol.

2nH = 3nAl(s)
2 (g)

3
nH = nAl(s)
2 (g)
2

3
= (0.376 mol)
2

= 0.564 mol

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